--- title: All are not born to lie on the lap and to drink milk: I have never b… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: All are not born to lie on the lap and to drink milk: I have never been petted in this way, but I have seen a little dog seated in the place of a gentleman or lady, and travelling inside a post-chaise. Who acts: I. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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C. Andersen, II. the Journey to the New Home. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Parsed by Mova, not checked by a teacher.** This tree is Mova's own parse (the `en` model, on the CPU, when the site is built); it may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg27200:53:11 # text = All are not born to lie on the lap and to drink milk: I have never been petted in this way, but I have seen a little dog seated in the place of a gentleman or lady, and travelling inside a post-chaise. 1 All all DET DT PronType=Tot 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 born bear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 lie lie VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 on on ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 lap lap NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 drink drink VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 13 milk milk NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 : : PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 15 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 16 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 17 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 19 advmod _ _ 18 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 19 aux:pass _ _ 19 petted pet VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 20 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 22 det _ _ 22 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 but but CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 25 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 19 conj _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 31 seated seat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 acl _ _ 32 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 gentleman gentleman NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ _ 38 or or CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 travelling travel VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 43 inside inside ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 post-chaise post-chaise NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **bear** | present · passive | | All | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **lie** | to-infinitive | | | | the lap | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on lap=Location | | 3 | **drink** | to-infinitive | | milk | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent milk=Patient | | 4 | **not** **pet** | present · perfect · passive | | I | | this way | | | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Co-Agent | | 5 | **see** | present · perfect | I | a little dog | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer dog=Stimulus | | 6 | **seat** | participle | | a little dog *not said here* | | the place of a gentleman or lady | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in place=Location | | 7 | **travel** | gerund | | | | a post-chaise | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme inside post-chaise=Trajectory | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. **Text:** «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, Project Gutenberg book 27200 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/53/10/) - next →: [sentence 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/53/12/) - ↑ back to [II. the Journey to the New Home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/53/)